NORRISTOWN — A Franconia man will be under court supervision and must forfeit his handgun to police after he admitted to menacing another driver during an apparent road rage incident in Souderton.

Joseph W. Grau, 22, of the 400 block of Smokepipe Road, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court on Wednesday to two years’ probation and 24 hours of community service after he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of simple assault and recklessly endangering another person in connection with the Feb. 9 incident.

Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy, who accepted a plea agreement in the matter, also ordered Grau to forfeit a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol, the firearm allegedly involved in the incident, to police. The judge said Grau cannot have access to any firearms during the probationary period.

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Grau, whose two children were in his vehicle at the time of the incident, also must complete parenting and anger management classes, the judge said.

An investigation began about 7:41 p.m. when Souderton police received a report from a caller who indicated that a man in a blue Dodge Durango had pointed a gun at him during a roadway incident. The victim told police he initially was driving on Route 113 in Hilltown Township, Bucks County, behind the Dodge vehicle, which he claimed was being operated erratically, according to the criminal complaint.

As the vehicles entered Souderton, the driver of the Dodge, identified as Grau, slammed on his brakes, causing (the victim) to have to move his vehicle to avoid a crash, according to the arrest affidavit. When both vehicles stopped at a red signal at East Broad Street and School Lane the victim said he yelled to Grau, “What are you doing?” and got no response.

“(The victim) continued behind the Dodge and in the area of North Fifth Street the driver of the Dodge stuck a gun out of the driver side window,” Souderton Police Officer Thomas A. Lawson alleged in the arrest affidavit. “The gun was in the driver’s left hand.”

The victim told police it appeared Grau was attempting to point the gun at him, “causing him to fear for his safety,” according to the criminal complaint.

Police located Grau’s vehicle on a parking lot at the intersection of Route 113 and Allentown Road in Franconia, court documents indicate. Grau’s mother was a passenger in the front seat and his two children were asleep in the back seat, police said.

Police discovered the .40-caliber Smith & Wesson pistol “stuffed between the front passenger seat and the center console,” according to the arrest affidavit.

“The bottom of the pistol grip was facing forward. It was loaded with a total of 10 rounds, nine in the magazine and one in the chamber,” Lawson alleged.

Under state law, by pleading guilty to simple assault, Grau admitted that he attempted by physical menace to put another person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury. By pleading guilty to reckless endangerment Grau admitted that he recklessly engaged in conduct that placed or may have placed another person in danger of death or serious bodily injury.

Other charges of terroristic threats, reckless driving, disorderly conduct and endangering his mother and children were dismissed against Grau as part of the plea agreement.